Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-01-06
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS
FEE rARmERs or Dakota.
Important Action Taken By the Alliance on aela'
lions to Railroads and Elevators.


At the last days session OF the Farmers
alliance resolutions were adopted on the
death OF Gen. Free; recommending the Tor
nation of an alliance insurance company,
and on free markets. The report on the
latter, which is to be engrafted on the con-
stitution, is as follows:
Your committee to whom was referred
tho subject OF free marketing OF grain re-
port that this alliance, having already de-
cided to urge the passage OF a law permit
ting the erection and maintenance OF fiat
warehouses as well as elevators at thesev-
eral railroad stations or market places
within the territory, the formation oil the
necessary bin or amendment properly be-
longs to the legislative committee. We heart
lily approve OF the recommendation OF the
president OF this alliance and OF the railroad
commissioner in the matter OF making what
is known as elevator receipts negotiable, and
recommend that the legislative committee
be instructed to memoriaiize the legislature
on the subject. Your committee recon-
mends that the legislative committee rec
ommend the passage OF law requiring the
grading OF all grain received at public ware
houses or elevators, said grading or in.
spection to correspond with that adopted
by the railroad and warehouse commission
OF Minnesota, in order that the proposed
negotiable receipts may bear the same
, grade as the market in which they are likely
to be sold. We do not approve OF the
resolution requiring inspection and
weights at the several market places
in the territory, the first requiring
too much machinery to successfully carry
out, as well as for the reason that our pro-
ducts are marketed outside the territory
and amenable TO other state regulations;
and as to the latter. e., weights-there is
already q statutory provision that IL en-.
forced would secure the desired result. In
the opinion Of this committee, in order to
secure a free market the farmers OF Dakota
must be practically independent of rail-
ways and elevators securing from the Tor
mer the same accommodation and rates
as are given to elevators, growing their
crops themselves, thereby saving carrying
charges on grain by and for which ele-
yators are built and maintained, and con-
trolling in q measure the visible supply"
on which markets are based or manipu-
lated and securing at all times the best re-
ward for his labor and capital.
In the afternoon President McLouth
presented the claims of Brookings college.
resolution was adopted recommending
Railroad commissioner William NJ. Evans
for reappointment. The treasurer's re-
port showed $1,214.9S receipts and ST.
213. 16 expenditures. The election OF Off
GERS resulted as follows:
President, H. L. Loucks, Deuel. county;
vice presidents, X. b. Fancher, Stutsman;
/. w. Hardin, Aurora; secretary, c. A.
Sodeberg. Minnehaha; treasurer, j. ID.
Scott, Grant; lecturer, A. ID. Chase, Cod.
ington.
1t was voted to send President Loueks
to Bismarck during the legislative session
to present strong memorial from the al
lance to that body. The following officers
were elected for the Alliance Hail Insurance
company:
President, A. Wardall, Grant county;
vice president, II. W. Slith, Minnehaha;
secretary, S. ID. Cooley, Grant; treasurer,
z. ID. Scott, Grant.
The alliance adjourned at 10 at night to
msst next year at Huron.